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Honeywell (elbow) allowed three earned runs on five hits, a walk, a wild pitch and a hit batsman over 2.2 innings in Triple-A Las Vegas' loss to Sugar Land on Thursday. He struck out four.

As his final line indicates, Honeywell's control and location left much to be desired in his second rehab outing with the Aviators, after he logged his first pair of minor-league rehab appearances with Single-A Stockton. Honeywell did work up to 45 pitches thanks to his inefficiency, but the 27-year-old's 14.73 ERA over his first 3.2 innings with Las Vegas supports the notion he'll likely have to prove himself over several more outings before being added to the big-league staff.

Yarbrough is scheduled to work behind opener JT Chargois for Friday's game in Boston, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Yarbrough will be making his 16th appearance of the season Friday and his seventh while coming out of the bullpen. He's turned in similar results as a reliever (4.38 ERA, .357 wOBA in 24.2 innings) compared to a traditional starter's role (4.46 ERA, .323 wOBA in 40.1 innings), but he claimed his lone win of the season while working as a primary pitcher Aug. 15 against the Yankees.

Romano (5-3) picked up the win in Thursday's extra-inning victory over the Red Sox, giving up two hits and a walk over two scoreless innings while striking out two.

The Toronto closer entered a tie game in the ninth inning and stifled Boston's offense, emerging with the win when the Blue Jays pushed across a run in the top of the 10th. Romano has a 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, 13:3 K:BB, two wins and seven saves over 11 appearances since the All-Star break, and with the Jays fighting for a wild-card spot, he's likely to continue seeing a heavy workload down the stretch.

Diaz gave up a hit and a walk while striking out one in a scoreless eighth inning Thursday, recording his third hold of the season in a win over the Rockies.

With the Mets nursing a 3-1 lead and the heart of the Colorado order due up in the eighth, manager Buck Showalter turned to his closer rather than reserving Diaz for a save situation. The right-hander got the job done, while Adam Ottavino took care of the Rockies' 7-8-9 hitters in the ninth. Diaz's job as closer is in no jeopardy -- he's tied for fifth in the majors with 28 saves and sports a league-leading 17.5 K/9 -- but Showalter's willingness to use him in crucial high-leverage spots rather than exclusively in the ninth could cost him another save or two down the stretch. Two of his three holds on the year have come in his last three appearances.

Payamps was diagnosed with a left calf contusion after leaving Thursday's game against the Yankees, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Payamps exited Thursday's contest after being struck by a comebacker and being helped off the field, and it's unclear if he'll be available for the rest of the series versus New York this weekend. It was the 27-year-old's second appearance for Oakland after being claimed off waivers from the Kansas City last week.

Hendriks blew the save in Thursday's 4-3 extra-innings loss to the Orioles. He allowed one unearned run on one hit while striking out two over one inning.

After Adam Engel dropped a pop fly in foul territory that would have been the final out of the game, Hendriks gave up a solo homer to Kyle Stowers with two outs in the ninth inning to relinquish Chicago's one-run lead and force extras. The closer has allowed home runs in back-to-back appearances, and the blown save breaks a streak of converted saves on 19 consecutive opportunities for the 33-year-old, with his last blown save prior to Thursday coming May 14.

Montero recorded a save against the Twins on Thursday by striking out one batter in a perfect inning of work.

Closer Ryan Pressly (neck) went on the 15-day injured list Thursday afternoon, and Montero was given the first opportunity to close in his stead. The right-hander didn't disappoint, retiring the side in order on 16 pitches in the ninth inning. Montero is 8-for-10 in save chances this season, and he'll likely see a majority of Houston's closing opportunities for as long as Pressly remains out of action.

Ottavino earned a save against the Rockies on Thursday, striking out one batter in a perfect ninth inning.

The Mets elected to use closer Edwin Diaz in the eighth inning Thursday, so it was Ottavino who got the opportunity to close the door in the ninth. The right-hander proved up to the task, needing only 12 pitches to set the side down in order. Ottavino saved 11 contests with Boston last season, but Diaz is the unquestioned closer for New York, so save opportunities for other relievers will likely be few and far between.

Hudson (7-6) allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across seven innings to earn the win Thursday against the Cubs.

Hudson gave up a run in each of the second and third innings, but he otherwise shut down the Cubs on the basis of 10 groundball outs. He also generated 12 swinging strikes on 97 total pitches, an impressive mark given his typically contact-heavy approach. The strong outing marked Hudson's first quality start in his last four starts and it was also the first time he completed six innings in that same span. For the season, he owns a 4.23 ERA and 70:55 K:BB across 121.1 frames.

Munoz did not allow a baserunner and struck out three across 1.1 scoreless innings to earn the save Thursday against the Guardians.

Munoz entered the game in the eighth inning with the tying run on base, but he struck out Jose Ramirez to end the threat. He then worked through the final frame with minimal difficulty to pick up his third save of the season. It was Munoz's first save since Aug. 2, and since then Erik Swanson has collected one save and Paul Sewald three. Though Munoz doesn't appear to be in line to serve as the regular closer, he has an excellent 2.47 ERA and 82:13 K:BB across 51 innings on the season.